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"Unconventional" posts from #DevMeeting23: Origins of multicellularity

Posted by , on 18 September 2023

Introducing “unconventional posts,” a miniseries celebrating the “unconventional” experimental systems presented at #DevMeeting23. Each day I’ll upload handmade postcards spotlighting the breadth of unconventional systems shared in talks or posters ...

Cracking the egg

Posted by , on 29 August 2023

Lessons from developmental biology in how to navigate the scientific career-scape Between the fifth and tenth days the lump of stem cells differentiates into the overall building plan of the ...

Beyond the birds and the bees

Posted by , on 24 April 2023

“It’s like growing a clone of yourself out of your arm,” Bailey Steinworth said, gesturing to her own arm to illustrate one of the ways Cassiopea xamachana — the upside-down ...

If you give a scientist a cuttlefish . . .

Posted by , on 20 March 2023

She might not see it the next day. At first glance, the slag in the saltwater aquarium is just a rock covered with purple jasmine polyps and green star polyps. ...